Plan a trip to Jordan

Places to see in Jordan

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  PetraUNESCO

  البترا

  City · Ma'an Governorate

  Petra is an ancient city and archaeological site in southern Jordan. Famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit systems, Petra is also called the "Rose City" because of the colour of the sandstone from which it is carved.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Wadi RumUNESCO

  محمية وادي رم

  Park & nature · Aqaba Governorate

  Wadi Rum (Arabic: وادي رم Wādī Ramm, also Wādī al-Ramm, known also as the Valley of the Moon or Red mountains, is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in southern Jordan, near the border with Saudi Arabia and about 60 km to the east of the city of Aqaba.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Raya Sharbain (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Al-MaghtasUNESCO

  المغطس

  Ruins · Balqa Governorate

  Al-Maghtas, officially known as Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", is an archaeological World Heritage Site in Jordan, on the east bank of the Jordan River, reputed to be the location of the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist and venerated as such since at least the Byzantine period.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Producer (CC BY 2.5). Map

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  As-SaltUNESCO

  السلط

  Town · Balqa Governorate

  As-Salt, also known as Salt, is an ancient trading city and administrative centre in west-central Jordan. It is on the old main highway leading from Amman to Jerusalem.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Created by en:user:Omernos (CC BY 2.5). Map

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  Qusayr 'AmraUNESCO

  قصر عمرة‎

  Fort · Zarqa

  Qusayr 'Amra or Quseir Amra, sometimes also named Qasr Amra, is the best-known of the desert castles located in present-day eastern Jordan. It was built some time between 723 and 743, by Walid Ibn Yazid, the future Umayyad caliph Walid II, whose dominance of the region was rising at the time.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Qasr Amra.jpg (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Umm ar-RasasUNESCO

  Umm er Rasas

  Ruins · Amman

  Umm ar-Rasas is located 30 km southeast of Madaba in the Amman Governorate in central Jordan. It was once accessible by branches of the King's Highway, and is situated in the semi-arid steppe region of the Jordanian Desert.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Daniel Kirk (Public domain). Map

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  Umm el-JimalUNESCO

  أم الجمال

  Town · Mafraq Governorate

  Umm el-Jimal, also rendered as Umm ej Jemāl, Umm al-Jimal or Umm idj-Djimal, is a village in northern Jordan approximately 17 kilometers east of Mafraq.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Herrmoody at English Wikipedia (Public domain). Map

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  Aqaba Marine ReserveUNESCO

  متنزه العقبة البحري

  Park & nature · Aqaba Governorate

  Aqaba Marine Reserve is a nature reserve located in the Aqaba Governorate, Jordan, established in 1997, covers an area of 2.8 square kilometers. This reserve is considered a habitat for important marine life, such as seagrass. It is known for its distinctive fish diversity and coral diversity.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Patrick Coin (Patrick Coin) (CC BY-SA 2.5). Map

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  Al-KhaznehUNESCO

  Ruins · Ma'an Governorate

  Al-Khazneh, also known as Khaznat el-Far'oun, is one of the most elaborate rock-cut tombs in Petra, a city of the Nabatean Kingdom inhabited by the Arabs in ancient times.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Graham Racher from London, UK, MrPanyGoff (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map

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  Amman

  عمان

  City · Amman Governorate

  Amman is the capital and the largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: David Bjorgen (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Mount Nebo

  جَبَل نِيبُو

  Mountain · Madaba Governorate

  Mount Nebo is an elevated ridge located in Jordan, approximately 700 metres (2,300 ft) above sea level. Part of the Abarim mountain range, Mount Nebo is mentioned in the Bible as the place where Moses was granted a view of the Promised Land before his death.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Berthold Werner (CC BY 3.0). Map

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  Madaba Map

  خارطة مادبا

  Ruins · Madaba

  The Madaba Map, also known as the Madaba Mosaic Map, is part of a floor mosaic in the early Byzantine church of Saint George in Madaba, Jordan.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Bernard Gagnon (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map